Workshops
CUPE SPRING SCHOOL 2026
We are excited to share that the CUPE Spring School will be held at the Coast Kamloops Hotel & Convention Centre from May 31-June 5.
Members interested in attending are required to fill out an expression of interest form.
Before completing the form, please review the course listing below and select your first choice and an alternate course from the course brochure. Pay close attention to any pre-requisites required when making your selections.
Course listing for 2026 CUPE Spring School
Once you have decided which courses you would like to take, click on the EXPRESSION OF INTEREST button below to request the union send you to Spring School.
All EOIs received will be reviewed after the deadline and members will be advised if they are selected once the committee has reviewed the selections and made their decision based on the local’s course selection criteria. If you are shortlisted for a spot you will be contacted by the union office.
CUPE Education is now being offered in-person and online.
Check the CUPE.ca website for updates.
To find information about courses being offered and the dates, visit this page regularly for updates to CUPE Education offerings in BC.
For CUPE courses you may register – with your personal email address – if there is space and you know that your union leave from your job will be approved. Send an email to admin@cupe23.ca to let us know you’ve registered and administration staff can forward a Union Leave form to you, if applicable.
Other Training Opportunities:
- Vancouver & District Labour Council – Education – Members interested in these courses should seek approval from CUPE 23 before registering
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH & SAFETY COURSES
from the BCFED Health & Safety Centre
The BCFED Health & Safety Centre was first established to help train workers and workplace representatives so they could act with confidence and competence on their considerable legal rights and responsibilities as provided by occupational health and safety law. Meeting and exceeding this legislation remains a focus for the Centre. In the face of unchecked occupational hazards and much suffering, full implementation of these rights and responsibilities is an absolute necessity, socially and morally.
Become a health and safety advocate in your worksite!
Course descriptions and availability here
Find a course to take? Email the office to confirm you can get leave from work to attend.
Truth & Reconciliation Resources
Most of the resources on this page are the result of the work of CUPE 23 members at Burnaby Public Library. The members of the BPL Indigenous Initiatives Working Group who’s purpose is to develop and implement activities within the three development areas: Internal Learning, Organizational change, community engagement & activities for the public. We are grateful for their work and permission to share it with you.
The unceded land we are on:
*Unceded Indigenous territory or homelands refers to Indigenous lands over which no treaties have been signed between First Nations and the Crown
- Indigenous History in Burnaby Resource Guide, Burnabyvillagemuseum.ca
- Guidelines for Indigenous Territory Land Acknowledgement in Burnaby, Burnaby.ca
- Interactive Map showing Indigenous territories, language and treaties, Whose Land
- Sḵwx̱wú7mesh language place name map, Squamishatlas.com
- Making Coast Salish Territorial Acknowledgements Matter video, Coast Salish Cultural Network
- Traditional, Ancestral & Unceded: A Conversation on Territorial Acknowledgements, Burnaby Village Museum
Guides & Terminology:
- Indigenous Peoples: Language Guidelines, UBC
- Indigenous Peoples: a guide to terminology, usage tips & definitions, Indigenous Corporate Training
- Indigenous legends about various Vancouver landmarks, written by E. Pauline Johnson (Takehionwake), Legends of Vancouver
- Surrey First Peoples Guide for Newcomers, Littlecrane Consulting
BC History:
- Project of Heart: Illuminating the Hidden History of Indian Residential Schools in BC, The BC Teachers’ Federation
Truth and Reconciliation:
- Honouring the Truth, Reconciling for the Future, Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
- Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action, trc.ca
- Truth and Reconciliation Report and Recommendations, Canadian Federation of Library Associations
- Reconciliationcanada.ca
- orangeshirtday.org
- Every Child Matters- Truth act one (video) and Every Child Matters – Reconciliation act two (video)
- United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (pdf)
- Implementing UNDRIP in Canada, Justice.gc.ca
Indigenizing Libraries:
- Library opens new chapter of indigenization, TRU
- Indigenous Strategic Plan 2016 – 2021, Mount Royal University
- Indigenizing the Library: An Interview with Kayla Lar-Son, UofA
- Being a Better Ally in Promoting Indigenous Librarianship, IndigenousLIS
After a long journey of healing, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC)’s Bentwood Box has finally made it home.
Commissioned in 2009, the Box spent years traveling the country with the TRC, collecting items from Residential School Survivors relating to their personal journeys. More recently, the Box was featured at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in an exhibit on Truth and Reconciliation.
On Jan. 25, Residential School Survivors, Indigenous Elders and the Box’s carver, Coast Salish artist Luke Marston, came together to welcome the Box to its new permanent residence at the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation at the University of Manitoba, where it will continue to be a symbol of hope.